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Remember your first driving test on the highway? It may have been nerve-wracking.

Now imagine the kind of testing snowplow drivers are required to do. Fortunately, their testing may be safer than what your average driver goes through. The Minnesota DOT takes a video simulator around the state to help plow drivers practice for winter. That simulator will be brought to Rushford next week. MN-DOT spokeswoman Kristine Hernandez says the simulators save money on fuel and equipment, and gives drivers an idea of how to handle snow, wind, and emergencies on the road.

A shooting victim has been brought to a La Crosse hospital after an incident last night in Jackson County...

The shooting in the village of Taylor was reported around 7:30 Wednesday night. A man who had been shot a number of times was driven to the Whitehall hospital, before being airlifted to Gundersen Lutheran. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says the shooting may have resulted from a domestic dispute.

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